Estimating the abundance of nesting Rusty Blackbirds in relation to wetland habitats in Alaska

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 825-833

  Matsuoka, Steven M ^a,c   Shaw, David ^b   Johnson, James A ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b Alaska Bird Observatory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Boreal wetlands; Double sampling; Euphagus carolinus; Habitat selection; Nesting abundance; Rusty Blackbird

Indexed keywords

EUPHAGUS CAROLINUS;

EID: 78650666997     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.100148     Document Type: Article

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